Internet access

iPhone 5 users risk losing internet access

The technology giant said users who did not download iOS 10.3.4 by 3 November would be locked out of features that rely on the correct time and date.

This includes the App Store, email, web browsing and storage service iCloud.

While it is not the latest version of the operating system, it is the most up-to-date available for the model.

Users of older iPhones have also been advised to update their software in order to maintain accurate GPS location services.

iPhone 5 users have received pop-up messages in recent days urging them to update to the latest iOS.

California lawmakers want to mandate internet for kids in juvy

But youth in the criminal justice and foster care systems often don't have access to it. That's why some lawmakers in California want to make it their right.

Earlier this year, Democrat Assemblymember Mike Gipson introduced legislation that would mandate "reasonable access to computer technology and the internet" for kids in juvenile detention programs and foster care.

WikiLeaks confirms Ecuador cut Julian Assange's internet access after Clinton leak

But most surprisingly, it was Ecuador who was behind the act.

WikiLeaks has confirmed that its founder Julian Assange's Internet access was cut down in its London embassy by the government of Ecuador on Saturday.

The move was in response to the organization's publication of another batch of leaked emails related to US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
 

Vanuatu village revelling in first access to internet

RNZI reports a pilot programme by the satellite operator Kacific and the Vanuatu government set up the service at Lambubu Primary School on Malekula Island earlier this month.

The CEO of Kacific, Christian Patouraux, said an average New Zealand household would use 20 to 25 gigabytes a month but 400 gigabytes of the Lambubu community's wifi has been used in just ten days of service.